Waterfalls at the George W. Childs Recreation Site

Only a 6 minute drive from Dingmans Falls is the George W. Childs Recreation Site. There is a hiking trail here that follows both sides of Dingmans Creek, only a few miles upstream from Dingmans Falls, past three large waterfalls.

I told you the Eastern border of Pennsylvania is littered with waterfalls!

If you already checked out Dingmans Falls, then make the short trek over to this recreation site.

It seems like a lot of people come here for picnics and swimming (although it's not allowed), but I'm going to focus on the three waterfalls.

It's worth hiking the whole loop and seeing the falls from both sides.

How do you get here?

First and foremost, I want to make sure that you know how to get here so that you can see it yourself.

Fulmer Falls (55 feet)

There are a few different parking lots you can stop at to start your hike, but I'm going to lead you to the main parking area.

Make sure to Wear Proper Footwear.

See the Falls in Action

Now you can chose to read the text below and look at the pictures first or you can "hike" the trail through the video to the right.

The trail starts over by the restrooms. It's not a difficult trail, other than some stairs, and it's not even 2 miles to hike the complete loop. You'll soon see a bridge to your right; you can decide at this point which side of the creek you want to hike on.

I opted to stay on this side of the creek, and not cross the bridge, so that I'd have better views of the waterfalls as I hiked back up. So, as you're heading down, stay on the right side of Dingmans Creek if you want to follow the path I took.

This place is great. Getting ready to drive up from Philly right now (11:30AM) March 18th 2010. Hopefully there is still some ice up there. It's a great place to just sit and listen to the water falling.

Good thing I came across this. Maybe I will post something like this when I am done. My favorite PA place is Rickets Glenn Natural Area. Check out my link to MySpace and see my waterfall pictures. Thanks for making this page available.

Aaron

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Ben Guinter 7 years agofrom Colorado Springs, Colorado

You should, sophs! It really is a nice area in Pennsylvania. Thanks for the compliment!